PRINTER'S NO. 397
No. 382 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, FEBRUARY 6, 1997
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 6, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," providing counties of
5 the second class A with the power to make grants to
6 townships, boroughs and nonprofit corporations for parks,
7 recreation areas, open space projects and such other outdoor
8 projects and for historic and museum projects.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 2199.12 of the act of July 28, 1953
12 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, is
13 amended to read:
14 Section 2199.12. Appropriations to Municipalities for Parks,
15 Recreation Areas, etc.--The board of commissioners of any county
16 of the second class A may appropriate from county funds moneys
17 for grants to assist boroughs or townships within the county as
18 well as nonprofit corporations in the purchase [or],
19 acquisition, improvement, equipping or landscaping, including
20 the planting of shrubs and shade trees, of lands [or], buildings
1 [or both] and facilities, and in the case of buildings and
2 facilities, demolition of such, for parks, recreation areas,
3 open space projects and other such outdoor projects and for
4 historic or museum projects.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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